10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
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Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-13)Elihu here returns an answer to another word that Job had said, which, he thought, reflected much upon the justice and goodness of God, and therefore ought not to pass without a remark. Observe, I. What it was that Job complained of; it was this, That God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors (Job 35:9): “ By reason of the multitude of oppressions , the many hardships…
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